The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1. (40 sec) Navy men parade through Melbourne streets 2. (1 min 50 sec) Australian craftsmen master intricate details of assembling United States fighter aircraft [Bell P39 Airacobra]. Aircraft being built, airframes and armament undergo tests 3. (1 min 24 sec) Female employees learn ARP work on the roof of a large Melbourne store.
Extracts from Cinesound News newsreel No. 486. 1. (1 min 10 sec) Australian troops go aboard transports in Sydney Harbour en route to Singapore 2. (3 min) AIF parade through Melbourne streets, RAAF b
1. (3 min 54 sec) A new defence road linking the Eastern Seaboard with Darwin under construction 2. (58 sec) WAAAF learn the art of self defence. 3. (1 min 17 sec) Sydney, NSW. Alderman Crick opens th
1. (1 min 4 sec) RAAF and WAAAF march through Melbourne 2. (1 min 14 sec) Lady Gowrie christens first ship built in Australia for the Indian Navy, HMIS Punjab 3. (1 min 39 sec) Important Dutch press d
1. (3 min 19 sec) Sydney, arrival of American fleet, march through streets and past the Cenotaph in Martin Place 2. (42 sec) Sydney, 5,000 Womens Services parade before Lord Wakehurst (28 sec) Melbour
1. (1 min 24 sec) RAAF reinforcements, RAN and AIF leave Australia for the Middle East on transports 2. (1 min 31 sec) John Woolcott Forbes' home in Sydney is taken over by the Red Cross for injured s
1. (2 min 27 sec) Interviews with some of the survivors of HMAS "Canberra" on return to their homes. 2. (2 min 15 sec) An Aussie dog joins the Yanks as mascot and goes to town on leave. 3. (3 min 57 s